It was named Fort Bourke after the governor of New South Wales, Sir Richard Bourke (1777-1855). See the open pit and entrance to the underground mine from a well constructed viewing platform.
The stockade is located 16 kilometres out of town on a road that passes beside a particularly beautiful wetland alive with birds. Fort Bourke Hill stands to the east of the Cobar township and rising to 300 metres above sea level, it offers the visitor a wonderful vista of the Cobar landscape. Description. I have a blog set in Zurich Switzerland. A lot of people have asked about the name so I did write a short post with an old film clip about the name on Dec 10, 2010 Name of that post is “I Take Thee….. For My Blog.” It’s there for you to read if you have the time. Thanks for sharing. Mitchell camped on the site of the cairn and named it Fort Bourke Stockade during his exploration journey of 1835. The Bourke – Walgett school of Distance education allows children to be schooled at home, from preschool to year 12. Treat yourself and throw in a BOB comment NOW!! In 1835 Mitchell had bad relations with the local Aborigines and he felt a fort was suitable protection against their attacks. Bourke, a legendary Darling River town, was once referenced by Australian poet Henry Lawson when he wrote, "if you know Bourke, you know Australia" (1882).. Thank you for stopping by my blog.I just saw your blog on the over 40 link. As trade moved away from river transport routes, Bourke's hold on the inland trade industry began to relax. To get to Fort Bourke Hill, turn off the Kidman Way, 2kms south of Cobar. The tablet is the outcome of a visit by the honorary secretary of the Historical Society, Mr. E. C. Rowland, to the Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations at Bourke last year. The tablet bears the inscription: "Major Thomas Mitchell Completed Fort Bourke Stockade on May 29, 1835. Thanks for asking.Bourke was the boss cocky, Burke was the burk who buggered up a good walk in the bush. And although we don’t know what it really looked like, was made of or where it was, we can ‘imagine’ these things from the ‘replica’!

Drive up the left hand side of the water tanks to the radio towers for one of the best views of Cobar, particularly at sunset.If you are the owner of this listing you can register to get access and make changes.Please provide your details below so we can verify your ownership. The replica fort is little more than a few logs near the river.

The location of the current township of Bourke on a bend in the The first white explorer to encounter the river was It was not until the mid-1800s following a visit by colonial surveyor and explorer Bourke was surveyed for a town in 1869 and soon established itself as the outback trade hub of New South Wales with several transportation industries setting up branches in the town.
I went back to the top photo and enlarged it to check out the “air-conditioning” aspect and was surprised to find someone looking back at me! And your expressions. By the 1880s Bourke would host a Opened on 4 May 1883, the North Bourke Bridge was designed by J H Daniels and modified in 1895 and 1903 by By 1885 Bourke would be accessible by rail, confirming its position as a major inland transport hub.

Same goes for misspellings! Like many outback Australian townships, Bourke would come to rely on camels for overland transport, and the area supported a large Afghan community that had been imported to drive the teams of camels. While the population of the local Ngemba and Barkindji people around the town of Bourke had dwindled by the late 19th century, many continued to live a traditional lifestyle in the region. If councils can take such liberties with supposed facts, so can I. Btw, I so wanted to slip a Back o’ Bourke comment in. It was named Fort Bourke after the governor of New South Wales, Sir Richard Bourke (1777-1855). The Fort Bourke Stockade is a re-creation of the stockade built by Major Thomas Mitchell when he was in conflict with the local Aborigines. !thank you for stopping by my blog I am now following you.

Attractions include the nearby Oh, and did I mention the superb (and also historic) Morrali’s Bakery?!?! !From my blog, Wanna buy a duck. !And while the details are sketchy – well, OK, pretty non-existent – it IS apparently the only one of its kind in Australia! I’m a little tight for time right now but I want to go back and read all your posts. Although its a) true dimensions; b) exact location; and c) the building materials used in its construction are not recorded, this tiny stockade is apparently a ‘real life’ replica!Driving through the Darling river floodplain on our June 2010 visit to this historic fort, its then recovery after some good rains following many years of drought meant the Darling backwater on which it is built was full. I can’t begin to tell you how much I love history and your blog brings it smack into my curiosity. Whilst no longer considered a trade centre, Bourke serves instead as a key service centre for the state's north western regions. Just minutes from town. View from the Fort Bourke Stockade Replica, Bourke

?But for us, Fort Bourke Stockade was the standout attraction – where else but OZ would you find something so unique and bizarre? But now, both position and size put it under threat as the floodwaters from Queensland drain into the Northern hemisphere readers who may be making mental comparisons with other famous frontier stockades like Fort Knox, for example, would do well to take a closer look at the top photo! It's a Micro size geocache, with difficulty of 2, terrain of 1.5. Hope you can check it out!OMG! The Fort Bourke Stockade is a re-creation of the stockade built by Major Thomas Mitchell when he was in conflict with the local Aborigines. Biographie. Only in OZ #10 – Fort Bourke Stockade, Bourke, NSW Fort Bourke Stockade – the Replica! The Fort Bourke Stockade is a re-creation of the stockade built by Major Thomas Mitchell when he was in conflict with the local Aborigines. Fort Bourke (GC20JDV) was created by farmer--brown on 11/2/2009. The stockade is located 16 km out of town on a road that passes beside a particularly beautiful wetland alive with birds. The majority of indigenous settlers were Wangkumara people from the Bourke has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: The town originated with a stockade, Fort Bourke, built in 1835 by Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell as a defense against Aborigines, that was named for Governor Sir Richard Bourke. Mitchell built this Fort because he’d had bad relations with the aborgines….


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